dumb down
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dumb down verb
- To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.“The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it.”
- To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.“Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years.”
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